Federal Judge Says Expert Is Qualified, But Defers Ruling On Causation Testimony

Mealey's (September 28, 2021, 2:25 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana federal judge on Sept. 17 ordered a hearing to determine the admissibility of an expert’s opinion on injury causation in a case in which the parties dispute the injuries a man sustained in a collision with a truck, but the judge otherwise denied the man’s motion to exclude under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc....